The editor-in-chief of Scientific American has resigned following a heated series of social media posts on election night where she referred to Trump supporters as "f–king fascists." Laura Helmuth's resignation was confirmed by magazine president, Kimberly Lau, who thanked her for four years of leadership that included major awards and a "reimagined digital newsroom."

Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, has resigned after receiving fierce backlash for her expletive-filled online tirade in which she called Donald Trump voters “f–king fascists” on election night. “I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief,” Helmuth announced on her Bluesky account Thursday. “I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching).”

Laura Helmuth announced her resignation as editor-in-chief of the Scientific American on Thursday after facing backlash for comments she made about the 2024 election and voters. “I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief,” she wrote in a post on the social media site Bluesky. “I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching).”

Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has led two federal prosecutions against Donald Trump, will resign along with other members of his team before the president-elect assumes office in January, sources told the New York Times. Smith charged Trump last year with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and illegally retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Smith now plans to "finish his work and resign" before Trump has the chance to...

Jack Smith, the special counsel who pursued two federal prosecutions of Donald J. Trump, plans to finish his work and resign along with other members of his team before Mr. Trump takes office in January, people familiar with his plans said. Mr. Smith’s goal, they said, is to not leave any significant part of his work for others to complete and to get ahead of the president-elect’s promise to fire him within “two seconds” of being sworn in. Mr. Smith, who since taking office two...

Russia told Austria on Friday it will suspend gas deliveries via Ukraine on Saturday, in a development that signals a fast-approaching end of Moscow's last gas flows to Europe.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is urging the House Ethics Committee to not release its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), as pressure mounts on the panel to publish its findings about the Florida Republican who resigned from Congress immediately after President-elect Trump selected him to be attorney general. “I do not, no,” Johnson told CNN and Politico reporters when asked if the panel should release its findings about Gaetz. “I think it’s a terrible...

Israel’s airstrikes in Iran last month destroyed an active nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin, the Axios news site reported Friday, citing three US officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official. The report came as the UN nuclear watchdog prepares to vote on censuring Iran for refusing to cooperate with its inspectors, and amid a report that the Islamic Republic told the Biden administration last month it would not seek to assassinate US president...

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wants the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to be abolished, but described the prospect as "unlikely," he told Politico. "I'd like to eliminate it," Paul told the outlet. "The First Amendment is pretty important, that's why we listed it as the First Amendment, and I would have liked to, at the very least, eliminate their ability to censor content online." "While it's unlikely we could get rid of CISA, we survived for what, 248 years...

Reports that the Taiwanese president may make a stop in the United States during a future trip are reigniting China’s indignation over the close relationship between the two governments. Six separate sources told Reuters on Friday that President Lai Ching-te will make a stop in the state of Hawaii while traveling overseas in the next few weeks. Guam was also cited as a possible destination.